Zoom / The Rufus tool will offer to change your Windows 11 installation media when you create it. The workaround for the Microsoft account requirement is new for beta version 3.19.
Andrew Cunningham
One of the new “features” coming in the Windows 11 22H2 update is the Microsoft account requirement for all new installations, whether you’re using the Home or Pro versions of the operating system. And that’s too bad, because the 22H2 update fixes some of the original flaws of Windows 11, while adding some nice improvements in quality of life.
An easy solution to this requirement is the Rufus USB formatting tool, which can create a USB installation media for Windows and any other operating system. Rufus has already proposed some flags to remove Windows 11 system requirements checks from the installer, eliminating the need for cumbersome edits to the Windows registry and other workarounds. But the beta version of version 3.19 will also remove the requirement for a Microsoft account for new installations, which will make it easier to set up a new Windows computer with a traditional local account.
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When setting up Windows 11, make sure you don’t connect your computer to the Internet before creating your user account. This trick works to circumvent the Microsoft account requirement in Windows 11 Pro and some later versions of Windows 10, but removes it entirely from Windows 11 22H2. The Rufus instrument simply returns to the status quo before 22H2.
If you use Rufus to avoid the system requirements of Windows 11, your system will still be “unsupported” after you start and start Windows 11. This means accepting periodic reminders of unsupported hardware and the vague threat that Microsoft in may eventually stop providing security updates and fixes for unsupported systems. On the other hand, Rufus also does not prevent the TPM and security features of Windows 11 from running after the operating system is installed, so if you want to create a USB installer that will cover both supported and unsupported systems, Rufus does so. possible.
Microsoft provides its own media creation tools for people who want to make USB installation devices for Windows 10 or Windows 11, but apparently don’t offer the same workarounds for the company’s requirements.
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